Where does “bolțar” come from?
bolțar (Romanian) comes from Romanian boltă, from Irish bolta, from English volt, from French volte, from Italian volta, from Vulgar Latin volta, from Latin volatus, from Latin volō — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
bolțar (Romanian): cinder block
Definitions
- cinder block
Ancestry of “bolțar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | boltă | arch; vault; cupola, dome |
| 2 | Irish | bolta | bolt |
| 3 | English | volt | In the International System of Units, the derived... |
| 4 | French | volte | — |
| 5 | Italian | volta | time, instance, occasion; turn; vault |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | volta | nominative/accusative/vocative plural of voltum |
| 7 | Latin | volatus | flown, having been flown; flying; flight |
| 8 | Latin | volō | to wish, to please |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | gʷelāō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelh₁-éh₂-ye-ti | to throw, raise the arm |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |